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Quick, Bar the Gates!: Ohio's Issue 1 (Same-Sex Marriage Ban) and Religious Communities
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Q u i c k , B a r T h e G a t e s !
Representing the Religious Community’s Voice in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate
in Ohio’s Issue 1
Jacob R. Neiheisel, Denison University
Paul A. Djupe, Denison University
Anand E. Sokhey, The Ohio State University
Franklyn C. Niles, John Brown University
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BSTRACT
In the 2004 elections, same-sex marriage bans swept through the states with ease, passing in
Ohio (as Issue 1) with over three-fifths support. We surveyed clergy around Columbus conducted just after the election, having clergy serve as organizational informants. That is, the survey instrument included a significant battery tapping the participation of clergy in ministerial organizations (MOs), the extent to which these extra-congregational organizations were engaged with Issue 1, and the internal dynamics of MOs.
Employing a blend of clergy political behavior, interest group, and social movement theories,
we suspect that most MOs are limited in their ability to respond to the Issue 1 conflict. The internal diversity of MOs as well as the divisive nature of the issue constrain them. At the same time, MOs exist in some tension with the community in their ministries, which may include calling some to account and engaging a prophetic role. While clergy challenge, they are also representatives of their faith and congregations, a finding gaining support for other clergy politics inquiries.
Paper prepared for the 2005 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington D.C., September 1-4. This research is supported by a grant from the Denison University Research Foundation. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of their institutions. Comments may be addressed to the authors by email (## email not listed ##, sokhey.## email not listed ##, ## email not listed ##) or to the following address:
Paul A. Djupe
Department of Political Science
Denison University
Granville, OH 43023
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| | Authors: Djupe, Paul., Neiheisel, Jake., Sokhey, Anand. and Niles, Franklyn. |
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Q u i c k , B a r T h e G a t e s !
Representing the Religious Community’s Voice in the Same-Sex Marriage Debate
in Ohio’s Issue 1
Jacob R. Neiheisel, Denison University
Paul A. Djupe, Denison University
Anand E. Sokhey, The Ohio State University
Franklyn C. Niles, John Brown University
A
BSTRACT
In the 2004 elections, same-sex marriage bans swept through the states with ease, passing in
Ohio (as Issue 1) with over three-fifths support. We surveyed clergy around Columbus conducted
just after the election, having clergy serve as organizational informants. That is, the survey
instrument included a significant battery tapping the participation of clergy in ministerial
organizations (MOs), the extent to which these extra-congregational organizations were engaged
with Issue 1, and the internal dynamics of MOs.
Employing a blend of clergy political behavior, interest group, and social movement theories,
we suspect that most MOs are limited in their ability to respond to the Issue 1 conflict. The internal
diversity of MOs as well as the divisive nature of the issue constrain them. At the same time, MOs
exist in some tension with the community in their ministries, which may include calling some to
account and engaging a prophetic role. While clergy challenge, they are also representatives of their
faith and congregations, a finding gaining support for other clergy politics inquiries.
Paper prepared for the 2005 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Washington D.C., September 1-4. This research is supported by a grant from the Denison
University Research Foundation. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations
expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of their
institutions. Comments may be addressed to the authors by email (## email not listed ##,
sokhey.## email not listed ##, ## email not listed ##) or to the following address:
Paul A. Djupe
Department of Political Science
Denison University
Granville, OH 43023
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